A mother who fatally neglected her seven-year-old son has been sentenced to 20 years in jail.
Seven-year-old Hakeem Hussain died of a fatal asthma attack at a home in Nechells in Birmingham in November 2017. His mother, Laura Heath, was found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter following a trial at Coventry Crown Court.
She had already pleaded guilty to four child cruelty offences, including two counts of 'wilfully neglecting her son by failing to provide proper medical supervision in a manner likely to cause him unnecessary suffering or injury to health', and two offences of 'wilfully ill-treating Hakeem by exposing him to heroin and crack cocaine'.
